Hurricane Adrian (1999)
Hurricane Adrian reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between June 17, 1999 and June 22, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 973 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Adrian. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- June 17, 1999 to June 22, 1999
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb (28.73 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 235 km (146 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP011999
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 2 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 2 in 2 reports from 2 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
2 flash flood.
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
An upper level disturbance interacted with copious amounts of Pacific moisture from Hurricane Adrian, located south of Baja Mexico, to produce thunderstorms that dropped 4 to 5 inches of rain over southern Eddy county. Flash flooding occurred with over one foot of water reported to cover portions of Dark Canyon Road.
Eddy, New Mexico · Flash Flood · Jun 22, 03:00 UTC
An upper level disturbance interacted with copious amounts of Pacific moisture from Hurricane Adrian, located south of Baja Mexico, to produce late evening thunderstorms in Southeast New Mexico. These storms moved south from Eddy county into Reeves county and dropped very heavy rain near Orla. Radar indicated rainfall rates of 2 inches per hour. High water was reported in Orla just after midnight CST, with a car caught in rising water at FM 652 and County road 457 twenty minutes later. The occupants were rescued.
Reeves, Texas · Flash Flood · Jun 22, 06:01 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 13.5N 96.5W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 13.2N 97.3W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 13.5N 98.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 13.7N 99.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 14.1N 100.4W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 14.6N 101.8W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 15.1N 103.1W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 15.6N 104.5W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 16.1N 105.7W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 16.7N 106.8W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 17.2N 107.8W | 70 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 17.6N 108.8W | 75 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 17.8N 109.7W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 18.1N 110.6W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 18.3N 111.3W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 18.5N 111.7W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 18.6N 111.9W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 18.7N 112.2W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 18.7N 112.6W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 18.7N 112.9W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 18.8N 113.1W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1999
- Hurricane BeatrizEastern Pacific · 1999
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1999
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 1999
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1999
- Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 1999
- Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 1999
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm FernandaEastern Pacific · 1999
- Hurricane TanyaEastern Pacific · 1999
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1999
- Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 1999
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 1999
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.